Skimikin Trails & Equine Campsite Located in the Thompson Okanagan

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Skimikin Trails & Equine Campsite

Horse Camping Site
The equestrian camping at Skimikin was built in the late 1990's by Shuswap Chapter of Back Country Horsemen and now forms a permanent part of the Recreation Site. There is an extensive trail network around the lake and up onto the benches of the surrounding mountainside, with views over the valley below. There are several non-motorized trails and some trails are shared with a good group of ATVers. A camp host on site from April 15 - October 15. Skimikin is First Come First Serve site, no reservations. There is a camping fee of $18/adult ($9/senior) & $4 per horse. Go to Notes Tab -camping for more details. New trail map is available in the Upload/download tab and is geo-referenced. The trail network is maintained by BCHBC - Shuswap Chapter through a Partnership Agreement with RSTBC.
Salmon Arm, Sorrento, Chase
Nearby Trails networks: Balmoral, South Canoe
50 kms of trails
1 - 5 hours
50.7862
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Water is available from the Lake. No year round water on the trails.
There is a large day use parking area as you enter the site. The pin on the map is the parking lot. There is day use parking at the east end of the campground.
5 Large pull through sites with two corrals per site plus 2 more day use parking areas with double corrals. These are also used for overflow camping. Sites have a picnic table and fire pit. Manure pit - bring your own wheel barrow and fork. Pit toilets. Water is available from the lake for horses. This is a RSTBC hosted campsite. Campsites with corrals are on a first come first serve basis. The camp host will do their best to accommodate equestrians, however this is a very popular campground for all users. Fee is $18/night and $4/night for equines. Maximum 14 night stay.
The main trail network is well signed. Trails are designated as non-motorized, motorized and Multi-use. Valley trails have good footing. Upper trails will be rocky in sections. Non-motorized trails are maintained by BCHBC Shuswap Chapter. Shuswap Riders ATV Club also maintains the trails. Geo-referenced map is available through the Avenza App - Horse Council BC Skimikin Trails
Note: Also check under Files Maps Upload/Download tab to see if there are more maps available. If the map below shows red lines, these indicate ridable trails which can be downloaded to your GPS (see Files Maps Upload/Download tab)
14 km west of Salmon Arm on the Trans Canada Hwy, turn right onto Tappen Valley Rd, 0.5 kms after the Esso. Approx. 4 km further, turn left onto Skimikin Rd and travel 6.1 km to the lake. New exit off Hwy coming from Kamloops. Continue over the Tappen Valley Rd overpass and stay in the Left lane. Tappen Valley Rd Exit is 0.4 kms past the new overpass. Turn left from Hwy and left onto Tappen Valley Rd. Continue up to Skimikin Rd and turn left. The Columbia Shuswap Regional District GIS team has Geo-referenced PDF maps. You can find these maps in Avenza under Horse Council BC - Skimikin. Or go to shuswaptrails.com/trails South Shuswap Skimikin Links in the description to print the map.

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Linda Buchanan

Hwy 1 Construction completed - New EXITS. Jan 1, 2026 posted on: 09 / 22 / 2024

Hwy Construction is complete. new exits for both east and westbound. Eastbound from Kamloops - Stay in left lane at Tappen Valley overpass and turn left 0.4 kms onto Tappen Valley Rd. Westbound from Salmon Arm - Exit 0.5 km from the Bolton Rd Esso exit to the right and turn left onto Tappen Valley Rd. Continue to Skimikin Rd and turn left.

Linda Buchanan

New non-motorized trail is open at Skimikin. The MOOSE (Teniya) Trail. posted on: 09 / 22 / 2024

The Moose (Teniya) was built in 2023/24 with a Grant from the Gov't of BC through the Destination Development Fund. The 3.7 km single track trail meanders through a variety of ecosystems and provides amazing views overlooking the valley. You can connect to other non-motorized trails such as Turtle and Trappers South to make a great loop. Enjoy!

Linda Buchanan

New Geo-reference Skimikin Map on Avenza posted on: 06 / 21 / 2024

New geo-reference map for Skimikin is now updated in Avenza Search: Horse Council BC Skimikin in your Avenza App.

Linda Buchanan

New non-motorized trail - Moose Trail and new trail names posted on: 06 / 21 / 2024

The trails at Skimikin have been given new names from the old numbers. The new names are in both Secwepmec and English and represent animals, trees and plants native to the Skimikin Valley. Skimikin has a new non-motorized trail - Moose Trail that is 3.9 kms in length above the South side of the lake.

Linda Buchanan

EQ Camping fees at Skimikin posted on: 05 / 28 / 2022

Starting 2022 there will be a EQ camping fee of $4 / night / equine. This small fee will go directly towards the maintenance or replacement of the corrals, manure management or anything to do with the EQ camping use. Thank you in advance for supporting our EQ campsites.

Linda Buchanan

EQ corrals repaired posted on: 04 / 26 / 2022

Welding repairs have been completed to all EQ camping corrals at Skimikin. Safe and ready to go. Many of the trails are clear as well.

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